G/TBT/N/TUR/190  
30 November 2021  
(21-8983) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  TURKEY   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Industry and Technology  
DG for EU and Foreign Affairs  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be in dicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to Turkey WTO TBT Enquiry Point, E -mail: tbt@ticaret.gov.tr  
Turkey -TBT Enquiry Point  
Ministry of Trade  
DG of Product Safety and Inspection  
Sogutozu Mah. 2180 . Sk. No:63 06530 Çankaya -Ankara / Turkey  
Tel: +90 (312) 204 89 37 / 89 75  
Fax: +90 (312) 212 87 68  
E-mail: tbt@ticaret.gov.tr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Ecodesign 
requirements for solid fuel boilers.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified docum ent: Draft 
Communique on the Ecodesign Requirements for Solid Fuel Boilers (2015/1189/EU) 
(SGM:2021/...) (15 page(s), in English) (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:   
This Communique shall apply to solid fuel boilers with a rated heat outp ut of 500 kilowatt 
(kW) or less, including those integrated in packages of a solid fuel boiler, supplementary 
heaters, temperature controls and solar devices. This Communique shall not apply to:  
• boilers generating heat exclusively for providing hot drinking or sanitary water;  
• boilers for heating and distributing gaseous heat transfer media such as vapour 
or air;  
• solid fuel cogeneration boilers with a maximum electrical capacity of 50 kW or 
more;  
• non-woody biomass boilers.  G/TBT/N/TUR/190  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale,  including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   
Without prejudice to legislation of industrial emissions, the objective of this Communique 
is to lay down the ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market and putting into 
service of the s olid fuel boilers with a rated heat output of 500 kilowatt (kW) or less, 
including those integrated in packages of a solid fuel boiler, supplementary heaters, 
temperature controls and solar devices as defined in the Communique (EU) 2015/1187 
…. dated and …  numbered; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:  This Communique has been prepared based on the Regulation on 
a framework for the setting of Ecodesign Requirements For Energy -Related Products 
2009/125/EC and amended by the Commission Regulation EU/2016/2282, Commission 
Regulation (EU) 2015/1189 with regard to ecodesign requirements for solid fuel boilers.  
This Communique has been prepared based on 05/03/2020 dated the Law No. 7223 on 
the Product Safety and Technical Regulations and on 23/06/2010 dated and 2010/643 
numbered and put into effect by the decision of the Council of Ministers, Regulation on a 
framework for the setting of Ecodesign Requirements For Energy -Related Products.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  This Communique will be adopted upo n its publication.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  This Communique shall enter into force on the date 
of publication.  
10. Final date for comments:  10 December 2021; The relevant legislation will be put into 
effect within the scope of harmonization with the EU legislation.  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/TUR/21_7400_00_e.pdf